Head of Health Safety & Environment

Synergy is seeking a Head of Health, Safety & Environment in Perth, WA, to lead the strategic planning and management of health, safety, and environmental systems. This senior leadership role involves ensuring compliance, promoting sustainability, and fostering a strong HSE culture. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and at least 10 years of experience in health, safety, and environmental management within heavy industries. Synergy is committed to becoming a net zero carbon emission business by 2050.
The time to join Synergy has never been more exciting because you’ll be helping us to deliver on our commitment towards becoming a net zero carbon emission business by 2050.

We are investing $3 billion in large-scale renewables development and creating unlimited opportunities for our people to contribute to the growth of innovative solutions in our operations as we invest. This is your chance to help us transform the energy industry and build a more sustainable future for Western Australia.

Synergy is proud to be Western Australia’s largest electricity generator and energy retailer. We deliver secure electricity to homes and businesses throughout the Southwest Interconnected System (SWIS) from Coral Bay in the north, to Kalgoorlie in the east, and to Esperance in the south

Click here to discover more about how Western Australia’s energy landscape is evolving to become more sustainable.

Role Description

The Head of Health, Safety & Environment is an exciting opportunity in our People, Safety and Environment business unit based at our Perth CBD office.

Your position is part of senior leadership in PSE and plays an integral role in the strategic planning of this business unit. You are a member of Synergy's senior leadership team (SLT) executing the corporate strategy, leading people, and role modelling culture.

You are accountable for leading, managing and continuously improving health, safety and environmental systems, processes, and practices to ensure Synergy provides both physical and psychosocial safety in the workplace while protecting and eliminating harm to the environment. You will champion sustainability and social value issues and promote Synergy’s health, safety, and environment (HSE) strategies to the board, executive, key customers, and external forums.

Job Responsibilities
• Ensure the health, safety and environment is at the forefront of decision making; conducting business in a manner that protects employees, the environment, stakeholders, customers, and communities.
• Ensure a strategically aligned organisational focus on environmental compliance and licence conditions.
• Manage and continuously improve corporate health, safety, and wellbeing (HSW) management systems to support strong employee and contractor safety practices, behaviours, and outcomes.
• Ensure the HSE systems and associated data/ trend analysis translate to effective reporting and risk mitigation strategies, including reporting to the HRSC and board.
• Facilitate a strong and proactive HSE culture across the organisation.

What You Will Bring
• Tertiary qualifications in related Health, Safety and Environment field
• Knowledge of implementation and application of health, safety & environmental management systems and management of issues associated with electricity generation.
• Deep experience (10 years minimum) in health, safety & environmental management of heavy industry business, preferably power station assets or mining industry. Strong track record of environmental stewardship, compliance, and practice development
• Comparable experience in health, safety & environmental assessment, environmental reviews, environmental management and licensing/permitting

What We Offer

Working for an employer of choice also means you will enjoy:
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Purchased Annual Leave
• Best practice parental leave

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Every Voice Matters

Our employees have a choice to work for Synergy and it’s a choice we respect and value. In addition to our focus on creating a greener future, Synergy is committed to its ‘people first’ culture and providing an exceptional place to work where our people experience a sense of belonging and have opportunities to learn and grow.

We understand that it is important for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the community in which we operate. We are proud to be recognised as an inclusive employer since 2021 by the Diversity Council of Australia. Whatever your background or however you identify, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.

Please email recruitment@synergy.net.au if you require assistance with submitting your application

Applications close Tuesday 4th March, however Synergy reserves the right to close applications when a suitable pool of candidates is identified